Protecting Your Library's Digital Sources: The Essential Guide to Planning and Preservation

TeamLiB......Page 0
Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
SECTION ONE......Page 15
1 Preventing Common Causes of Loss......Page 17
2 Planning for the Worst: Loss of Computer Operations......Page 24
3 Basic Considerations in Disaster Response Planning......Page 29
4 Disaster Response Planning......Page 38
5 Disaster Response: When Everything Goes Wrong......Page 44
6 Disaster Response Planning for Hardware and Physical Storage Media......Page 46
SECTION TWO......Page 51
7 Protecting Data for Long-Term Retention......Page 54
8 Decision-Making for Today and Tomorrow......Page 59
9 The Future: Organizations Involved with the Study of the Preservation of Electronic Records......Page 64
10 Checklists......Page 69
Appendix A: Contact Points for Organizations Involved with the Study of the Preservation of Electronic Records......Page 99
Appendix B: Companies That Protect or Help Cope with the Loss of Digital Materials......Page 103
Bibliography......Page 107
D......Page 115
M......Page 116
S......Page 117
X......Page 118